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Post by hellboy87 on Jun 23, 2009 21:39:53 GMT -5
I hope I dont confuse you people with this economic related question because I suck at econs
OK
Was there free enterprise during the Ottoman times??
Did the goverment provide most of the stuff? All land was goverment owned??
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Post by thracian08 on Jul 11, 2009 20:01:10 GMT -5
For the Non-Muslims -Yes.
Not the Muslims though. Turks were the peasants except the gov't jobs they held.
The Christians & Jews had it good - they were businessman, craftsman, doctors, lawyers etc.
Greeks, Armenians, and Jews were well off. I am not familiar with the other groups.
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Post by oszkarthehun on Jul 12, 2009 1:07:10 GMT -5
For the Non-Muslims -Yes. Not the Muslims though. Turks were the peasants except the gov't jobs they held. The Christians & Jews had it good - they were businessman, craftsman, doctors, lawyers etc. Greeks, Armenians, and Jews were well off. I am not familiar with the other groups. Interesting. why were Muslims not involved in the above professions, were they not allowed to participate in free enterprise?
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Post by rusebg on Jul 12, 2009 16:11:07 GMT -5
I am very curious to understand what were the obstacles Muslims faced to become such? As far as I know, there was no law profibiting them from practicing these professions. You see, Desire, once I told you you wouldn't feel good in Ottoman Turkey. You didn't believe me.
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Post by Vizier of Oz on Jul 13, 2009 1:52:27 GMT -5
For the Non-Muslims -Yes. Not the Muslims though. Turks were the peasants except the gov't jobs they held. The Christians & Jews had it good - they were businessman, craftsman, doctors, lawyers etc. Greeks, Armenians, and Jews were well off. I am not familiar with the other groups. Interesting. why were Muslims not involved in the above professions, were they not allowed to participate in free enterprise? Ottoman Empire was an Asiatic one. So, state administration, peasantry and land were the important milestones of empire's structure. In today's terms, GDP's composition of the empire was mainly based upon production of agricultural goods, and craftsmanship associated to agricultural activities and output. That is why, muslims were encouraged to conduct military services, peasantary, state administration, and academic/scientific research. By encouraging non-mulims to conduct business professions, Ottomans targeted to collect higher taxes applicable for non-Muslims.
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